he see what's new from campbell. it's amazing what soup can do. >> heather: we're getting a fuller picture of the destruction from super storm sandy. hundreds of homes destroyed, millions left without electricity, countless businesses unable to open. mass transit paralyzed and the new york stock exchange shut down for two days. the estimated cost of the storm, $50 billion. now as millions of americans recover from the storm, is there anything that we can learn to maybe perhaps better prepare ourselves for another possible disaster? joining us is ed, managing partner of chapwood investments. for a lot of people right now, they can't even think about recovering. but in terms of this storm, is there anything that people could have done to better prepare? >> well, first of all, i mean, everybody around the country is watching this and we just can't believe how terrible everything looks. and it makes us all start to reflect on what would we do if we were in that situation? i'm in dallas and from time to time, a tornado wi